00:00The KL High Court will decide tomorrow whether to acquit or order Datuk Seri Najib Razak
00:07to enter his defence on four charges of using his position to obtain gratification totalling
00:132.28 billion ringgit in 1MDB funds and 21 money laundering charges involving the same
00:20amount.
00:21Justice, Datuk Colin Lawrence Sequeira, who has since been elevated to the Court of Appeal,
00:27is scheduled to deliver the decision at 9am.
00:31On May 30, the prosecution closed its case after calling 50 witnesses in the six-year
00:36trial that began on August 28, 2019.
00:41Some of the high-profile witnesses were former Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz,
00:47former 1MDB CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmy, and former 1MDB Chairman Tan Sri Mohamed
00:54Bakasala.
00:56Najib has been in Kajang prison since August 23, 2022, after being convicted of misappropriating
01:0342 million ringgit from SRC International Sendrian Bahad.
01:09Last Thursday, he expressed remorse about the 1MDB scandal in a letter read at a press
01:14conference by his son, but maintained he had no knowledge of illegal transfers from the
01:19now-defunct state fund.
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